Several retailers have been challenged in coming up with online community hubs to tap into the popularity of MySpace, YouTube and Facebook. One company that has met with success is Target Stores. Target made its first foray via Facebook for the back-to...

The ratio of cost of goods sold over average stock (at cost). This indicates how many times, on average, the entire inventory (stock) was sold and replaced during the year. A high ratio may indicate positive factors such as good stock demand and management...

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The EXPO Hall is an enormous 170,000 sq. ft. The EXPO is available to...

On October 15th - Blog Action Day, bloggers around the web will unite to put a single important issue on everyone's mind. In its inaugural year, Blog Action Day will be co-ordinating bloggers to tackle the issue of the environment.Check out my Environmental...

Instant messaging offers real-time communication and collaboration. Most systems allow the user to set an online status or away message so peers are notified when the user is available, busy, or away from the computer. On the other hand, people are not...

I just read Gartners Top 10 Technologies for 2008 and was happy to note that they listed Green IT as #1. Going Green is featuring prominently in the agenda for many Retail organizatoins. I love REI s plans for the Next Generation Stores. These plans incorporate...

One of the big challenges about using UMPCs and Tablet PCs to empower Store Managers on the store floor has been battery life and weight of the devices. I was reading about Flash SSDs and certainly feel that it could be the begining of increased application...